Capable of Confidence

I asked the people of Facebook yesterday what they did to build their confidence. Sometimes my posts there are polarizing. People misunderstand what I’m saying or take it as a personal attack and the vitriol of the public stage comes to my desktop. My friends call my other friends names. People wrote dozens of messages trying to persuade me or others why their interpretation of my words can only mean the one specific interpretation they gleaned. Sometimes the comments amass to several hundred heated or otherwise pretentious sentiments. This time was different.

This time, people I’ve known for days or decades chimed in with genuine feedback. I learned a lot about each person who responded, and gained many insights and tools for what I can do when I lack the confidence to move and breathe fully as I am and what I’m growing to be. I’m surprised that others are surprised when they learn that this is much of the time for me.

Many people said to be still. Others said to take action of your own volition. Both are entirely true and essential, as were almost all of the other responses (go to my FB wall to read, if you’re curious).

When I’m not wading through the anxiety and depression I’ve had since before I was old enough to go to school, my ADD works as a superpower. I can connect with most anyone, as I am tapped into the oversoul that comprises us all. I know I am capable of anything. I know WE are capable of anything — the potential for manifestations of infinite love or infinite fear. Which should we choose? Are we even awake enough TO choose? Too often, I am not. But I have been and I can be. You can too.

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